Jessica Rice, Clinical Psychologist

MSc(Psychology) MA(Neuropsychology) (Wits)

Practice Areas

Overview of Services

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist, with training in the assessment, understanding, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of psychological distress. I provide CBT, DBT, psychodynamic, or supportive psychotherapy. Further, I have an MA(Neuropsychology) (Wits) degree, which allows me to provide neuropsychological assessment of clients that have suffered neurological injury/insult, including traumatic brain injuries, stroke, tumours, dementia, and other neurological diseases for the purposes of assessments, therapy and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Clinical Services

Individual Psychotherapy

Individual psychotherapy is a form of psychological intervention, during which time, the individual, together with the therapist, explore and try to understand any difficulties there may be, including how these are affecting daily life. Choices can then be made as to how to manage more effectively in the world and in relationships etc. Sometimes past difficulties, including how they impact current functioning, are also explored.

Couples, Family and Group Psychotherapy

Couples therapy can assist couples to communicate more effectively and reach new levels of enjoyment of their relationship.

Family therapy involves the whole family to try to understand current patterns that are causing difficulties, and then to make changes in the family system.

Group therapy involves the coming together of groups of individuals, all wishing to understand, explore and/or change current functioning.

Emotion Regulation and Coping Skills Groups (DBT)

DBT aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviours and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure in the present.

Psychological Assessment

Psychological assessment involves the use of assessment tools to gain information about an individual's psychological functioning, including cognition, intelligence, personality and emotional functioning.

Psychological tests measure these aspects of a person's behaviour.

Psychological assessment is useful for identifying causes of problems in living, such as poor occupational, educational and interpersonal functioning and can guide treatment and management of such problems.

I offer a wide range of psychological assessments including the following:

The individual with neuropsychological difficulties and/or their families are taught about brain injury or illness that affect the brain, including the understanding of what has happened to the brain, what to expect in future, and how best to manage.

Third Party, Insurance and Medico-Legal Claims

I conduct assessments for Third Party, Insurance and Medico-Legal Claims. I am also able to consult on such matters.